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FRIDAY, APRIIi 2:1, 18=0
—In order to encourage liis young war-
riors, Sitting Bull lias announced that
each one of them may have a wife for
every white person’s scalp he brings in.
That beats all the booms yet invented.
—Queen Victoria sailed from England
to visit the tomb of her daughter, the
Princess Alice, in Germany, on the same
day that the ex-Empress Eugenie sailed
to visit the place in Africa where her son
fell.
—Here is a small triumph for Mr. Dar
win:—“Why, my dear,” said a lady to
her friend, “where did you get that beau
tiful monkey?” “Oh!” was the reply,
“my husband travels a great deal, you
know, and he gave me the monkey that I
might not forget him in his absence.”
—A physician was called upon the other
day to answer in court to a complaint
about one of his prescriptions. This is
quite an unusual occurrence, but society
rightly demands that when a kiss is the
dose administered, as in the case in ques
tion, there must be ample proof that the
malady requires exactly such treatment.
—The Australians do not take kindly
to the polygamic idea. One of the Salt
Lake priests who has just returned from
a proselyting visit to the big island states
that four attempts were made there to
murder him, and the Salt Lake Tribune
is abusing the Australians for their poor
marksmanship.
—One of the English election phrases
tor which there is no equivalent in the
United States is “plumping.” Wherever
a constituency returns two members, each
voter can give one vote each to any two
candidates, but he can not give his two
votes to auy one candidate. If he chooses
he can give one vote to only one candi
date, and this is termed “plumping.”
—Four dime novel heroes,-all under
12 years of age, started from Benedict
farms, Connecticut, on a campaign, arm
ed with a revolver and a butcher knife.
In the outskirts of Westport they built a
hut, and set out on a foraging expedition.
An old hen was successfully chased, but
unluckily the owner pounced upor the
boys, had them arrested, and they * ere
fined each $7 and costs, which thei pa
rents paid.
—The stalwarts are evidently gr wing
shaky as well as scary. They seem to be
losing confidence in their drill. Not only
is the youthful scratchcr abroad this year,
hut there is such a change of base among
the veteran politicians that it will take
some time to ascertain definitely who is
for who. Thus, cx-Secretary Robeson,
who was considered the right bower of
Grant’s administration, is this year “agin
him,” while General N. P. Banks, who
was an ardent Greeley man in 1872, is
now for Grant. ,,,
—The lion of Paris during the past
week has been Captain Nordenskjold, the
Swedish Arctic explorer. He has been
feasted by the city and by the President of
the Republic, and has been presented with
gold medals, citizenships, eulogies and
homage or all kinds. Being a man of
great sense and intensely practical, he is
profoundly bored by the honors heaped
upon him, but he proposes to make an
other expedition in four years from now,
and will probably expect his entertainers
to sho.w their appreciation of his work in
the only way he cares for, by contributing
to the enterprise to which he has devoted
his life.
Hillsboro, TexAs, April 11.—A me
teor, so brilliant as to be visible- in the
day time, exploded in Hill county and
fell in fragments like halls of fire. ' A Mr.
Wilson stated that a ball of fire wa3 seen
falling, and was also seen to hit the earth
on his premises. It was dug out and
proved to have gone five or six feet in the
ground, and was as large as a man’s
head. In tire same neighborhood anoth
er fragment of what is supposed to be the
same meteor was seen to fall on the
same day. From what we have been
able to learn, this occurrence took place a
few days since in open .daytime and near
Richland Creek, in Hill county,, .
—There used to be a member of Con
gress from Vermont named Poland, who
liked his glasses of whisky. He went out
to Maine one campaign to take the stump
and the liquor prohibition there made it
fashionable.for the stump orators to think
milk when speaking. They used to have
the milk in mugs on the stand, but some
of Judge Poland’s friends knew what he
liked and put two mugs of- whisky on the
table. From his seat he supposed the
mugs contained milk and he didn’t par
ticularly notice them when he began to
speak till he felt thirsty. Then lie pieked
up a mug and drained it dry. with a do*
lighted expression, and as he set it down
gave the whole thing away by exclaiming
-“Ye gods, what a cowl”
The Why of a Novel.—A great
many good people write novels every day,
and mean no barm. They have experi
ences, information and the means .of ex
pression; why should they-not make a
book out of the combination?. Who can
say that a man may not pick up a dia
mond worth jE10,000 the next time he
walks down the strand? A man may
know that he is a genius; but how can a
man know that he is a genius until he has
proved it? It might be. answered thatj al
though it may be supremely worthwhile
to know that we are geniuses, jtis.intense-
ly not worth while to prove that, we are
not. ... 1 -i
—The proprietor of what is still from
force of habit spoken pf as the leading
English journal keeps his seat in Parlia
ment notwithstanding his close affiliations
with the Conservatives....Never has; that
journal been more unfortunate in antici
pating the verdict of the constituencies at
large than during the last half of Lord
Beaconsfield’s administration. The pop
ular uprising when the. Bulgarian out
rages were dinned into the ears of En
glishmen opened its eyes for a season, but
subsequently it gave the government
support so undiscriminating that rumors
have frequently been in circulation ; to the
effect that Mr. Walter was to bo raised to
the Peerage. He was too stuiJy and senst
ble an Englishman to be bribed in that
coarse yyay. His only political ambition
seems to be to represent Berkshire so long
ashe lives. - • m * l.vjr.frta
Declines Unequivocally.—Mr. Sey
mour said last week to Mr. Theodore
Cook, a,Democrat from Cincinnati, that
“under ; no circumstances could I accept
nomination. My age and health both
forbid it; but, even if these were not
the way, I am not the man to perfectly
unite and harmonize the party. I trust
my friends and the party all over the
country will have no question as to my
sincerity in this expression.”
Personal—Judge Field in the Pres
idential King.
We had a pleasant visit yesterday from
Hon. John E. Ward, who is on' a visit to
his friends and kindred in this State.
Mr. Ward is a native of Liberty county,
Georgia, and received his early education
at the old Sunbury Academy. Attaining
to his majority he removed to Savannah
and entered the law office of Judge Mat
thew Hall McAllister, afterwards becom
ing associated with him as a legal partner.
For many yearn he continued to make
that city his home, several times repre
senting Chatham in the Legislature and
standing at the very head of his profes
sion. In criminal cases before a jury he
had few superiors, while as a stump ora
tor he never failed to carry the crowd with
him. During the administration of Pres
ident Pierce Mr. Ward was sent as Uni
ted States Ambassador to the Chinese
Empire, and was on board Commodore
Tatnall’s flag ship, at the memorable
British engagement at the mouth of the
Peiho river. It was there that Tatnall,
when he perceived the danger of the Eng
lish fleet, uttered the famous words,
“blood is thicker than water,” and at once
plunged into the thickest of the fight.
Since the war Mr. Ward, who married a
Boston lady, has pursued his profession in
New York, abstaining from all con
nection with politics and doing a lucra
tive practice.
Time has dealt tenderly with him, and
he retains all the vivacity *and bonhomie
of former days.
WHAT RE SAYS OF TILDEN.
The conversation turning upon the
Presidential chances of the sage of Gram-
mercy Park, Mr. Ward who was once a
strong supporter of Tilden, declared that
the sentiments of a majority of the people
of New York was utterly opposed to
his re-nomination. As to the proposed af
filiation of the Tammany and anti-Tam-
many factions, he was quite positive that
there could bo no hearty union and co
operation between them unless Mr. Tilden
unequivocally retired from the contest.
That he will do this is very doubtful
A BOOM FOB JUSTICE FIELD.
On the other hand, it was stated that
there is a strong and growing feeling" at
the North in favor of the candidacy of
Judge Field, of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The total disconnection of that distin
guished gentleman from politics, his
manly and unswerving course when a
member of the High Commission, which
by a vote of 8 to 7, counted out the right
ful President elect, his late able dissent
the iniquitous decision of a majority of
his Radical associates on the Supreme
bench, on the negro jury question, which
was a practical subversion -of our State
courts, and his opposition throughout to
the iron-clad and all other odious test
oaths, have endeared -him to the Dem
ocracy of the nation.
Mr. Field has always been a Democrat,
though on the Union side during the war.
Since the surrender, his voice lias ever
been uplifted in behalf of State rights and
thorough pacification of all the unhappy
differences engendered by the war. • His
first appearance on the bench was as
the successor ot Judge M. H. McAllister,
Court of the United States iiT California.
From that position, which he filled with
great acceptability to the people, he was
elevated, though a Democrat, by Presi
dent Lincoln to tLe seat he now so grace
fully fills as a member Of the highest tri
bunal of the country.
The Judge has recently been endorsed
by the State of Oregon for the" Presidency,
and will henceforward be an important
tactor, it i3 thought, in the struggle which
is to culminate at Cincinnati.
So far as the Telegrami is concerned,
we are resolved to give our hearty support
to the nominee of the Democratic Conven
tion, even though it be Tilden himself, al
beit he is not our choice. Should either
Field, Bayard, Hancock, Thurman, Hen
dricks or Pendleton he selected as the
standard bearer of the parly, wC shall he
satisfied, and believe that it would be well
for the delegates from Georgia to be un-
trammeled by instructions of any kind.
Will the Atlanta Extension of the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad
be Built!
We quote the following special 'to the
Savannah Hoes, dated Atlanta, April 12:
There is an impression here that the ex
tension of the Macon and Brunswick Rail
road will never be built. It is stated that
the guaranty title given by the Governor
is absolute, and that it is stipulated in the
bond that the latter instrument shall be
void after purchase and delivery. There
has been no inventory of the stock, and
the parties who desired to buy the road
claim the whole transaction was clumsy.
It is thought the contracts between the
Central and Newcomb will prevent Oie
purchasers of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad from building, and the problem
now is how to compel them to fulfilLthe
conditions of a bond said to be! void..
The bond was intended to be in opera
tion in the event of a lease only. The
bona fide purchase of the road, in the
opinion of eminent legal counsel, super
seded the necessity or propriety of any
such instrument afterwards. But a con
dition precedent to the sale of the road as
incorporated and emphatically announced
in the act authorizing that disposition of
the State’s property, was that the buyers
should, under the penalty of forfeiting
their title to the same, proceed within a
prescribed time to boild the extension in
good faith. This they must do or relin
quish the road, together with all the im
provements that have been added.
Should the present owners refuse to
carry out their binding agreement, and
thus array against them the animosity of
aJarge portion of southern and middle
Georgia, their only recourse would be to
seek relief from another legislature. But
it is not probable that they could succeed
in any such attempt. .Indeed, we are of
the opinion tba}.th4 proposition, if made,
would be overwhelmingly voted down.
We do net believe, however, that there is
scintilla of truth in the report that
Messrs. Couper, Lane, Wilson and com
pany intend to go back upon their plighted
word, and refuse, in good time to build the
required extension. Certainly they have
authorized no such statement.
The Termination of the Saits for
Taxes Against the Railroads.
By the final decision of the last Court of
Appeal, tie supreme tribunal of the Unit
ed States, we sbe in the Constitution, the
Macon and Augusta Road was found lia
ble for $40,000 in taxes and $60,000
penalties. The latter have been remitted
by the Legislature.
The Georgia Railroad ha3 paid $30,000;
the Central, and Augusta and Savannah,
$06,833.80. The Atlantic and Golf has
been assessed $7,000, which is still'in
abeyance, on account of unsettled ques
tions as to interest and penalties. The
Constitution says: “It has fixed a princi
ple in favor of the State, which was con
sidered settled against it. It has increas
ed by several millions the taxable property
of the State, and thereby greatly reduced
the burden of taxation on other property.”
Attorney General Ely deserves much
credit for the industry and ability dis
played in the conduct of these cases. Gen
eral Toombs was the assistant counsel for
the State.
Eiders to Appropriation Bills.,
In the abstract it would seem that every
project in Congress should be made to
stand or fall upon its own merits. Bdt'
there are exceptional instances when im
portant bills must be grouped together
and engrafted upon some important meas
ure to prevent them from lapsing by de-
This is particularly the case in the last
bouts of a session when all is hurry and
confusioD,andthe requisite time cannot be
had for the proper-consideration of each
separate? proposition. It should be-, re
membered, however, that these “riders,”
can never be tacked on to any bill but by.
a vote of the majority, and the majority
ought to rale. Occasionally they place
the executive in an embarrassing position
when he is called upon, on the heel of an
adjournment or even after, to decide
w hether he sliall.'veto some great measure,
such as an appropriation bill, for instance,
wltlioutthe enactment of which the wheels
of the government would stand still, or
take the “riders” along with it. Of course,
under such circumstances, he must be the
judge as to whether the country would suf
fer the most harm by the interposition of
a veto, or the adoption of the bill with its
appendages. In signing such an act, he
has the consolation of knowing at. least
that he is hut voicing the will of the peo
ple through the expressed verdict of a ma
jority of their accredited .representatives,
This custom has been uniformly pur
sued! hitherto by all the great parties of
the nation, and if any blame attaches to
it all are equally 1 " culpable. Hence, the
Inconsistency and felly of the Republicans
of ttyi House in stamping as fraudulent
and improper the amendment to the ap
propriation bill, which prohibits the Pres
ident from Interfering with the perfect
freedom of the polls by stationing troops
m the vicinity, ready to do the bidding of
his minions. In the debate as reported
Mr! Ewing (Democrat) showed that the
Republicans in the,last twelve years had
placed no less than 887 riders upon the
various appropriation bills that had been
before Congress. The amendment was
adopted and the bill passed by a party
vc-te of 118 yeas to 86 nays. It, is not be
lieved that Mr. Hayes will veto it from his
past record on the subject.
MB. ILAYKSj'like tbe URWJLste wardJn
the Bible, is making provision against the
time to come—when he shall no longer
exercise the functions of an office
which he was never elected. It is said
the family house at Freamontp. Ohio,
Tammany Votes fob Harmony.—
i IK wuwnuw. w. .(TVW., *-- .
by the Committee on Organization of
Tammany Hall to confer with the Demo
cratic Union met yesterday afternoon,
and after a brief consultation sent to the
union a letter stating: “We will be
happy to meet your committee for confer
ence either in Tammany Hall, which we
ilace at your service, or, if more conven-
ent and agreeable, at your own head
quarters at any time you designate.’
This is the tenor of a New York dis
patch, and the whole Democratic party
would rejoice if the proposed pacification
could indeed be effected. But the chances
are very dull for any such consummation.
Of course all Would be, lovely if Kelly
would surrender to Tilden, but will he do
We think not. The only solution to
the difficulty, would be the voluntary re
tirement of both of the leaders of the
factions from active participation in the
pending Presidential campaign.
Let Tilden and Kelley step down and
out, and then a common danger and mu
tual interests may unite once morejhe
two belligerent wings of the party. . Bnt
this is almost too good to even hope for.
The Site fob the United States
Court Room.—Several spots have been
pointed out as suitable locations for the
government building, which will be
needed to accommodate the United States
Courts when holding their sessions in tills
cityj and perhaps for a permanent post-
office. The last suggested is the vacant
lot adjoining Messrs. Rogers Sons’ grocery
establishment. This is quite central to
tlie business community, and a' suitable
edifite at that point would give the finish
ing touch to the improvements on Cherry
street.- We have heard that the property
is owned by Mr. D. Daly, but do not
know upon what terms it could be pur
chased. There are other eligible posi
tions talked of, and we suppose at the
proper time the claims of each will he
duly presented.
Persecution of the Jews.—The
times have developed a wonderful spirit
of religious persecutions lately. In con
nection with the crusade so persistently
pressed in France against the Jesuits and
unauthorized sects, comes the wail from
Russia, emanating from a society called
the “Union' of Hebrew Congregations.”
They have presented to the Secretary of
State a remonstrance against the Czar’s
alleged recent cruel discrimination to the
injury of Russian Jews, and asking that
the Unitea States Minister at St. Peters-'
burg ha directed to inquire -into the mat
ter,’ and if reports be true, to enter a'pro
test :in the interest of religious freedom
and suffering humanity, as reflected in
theDeclaration of Independence.
The Fall inlron.
The Philadelphia Times gives some ex
cellent reasons for the rapid deciine in
iron, which has caused many of our largest
mills already to confine their opci at ions to
halftime.
Water, it says, will find its level, and
the laws of supply and demand are as in
exorable as the law of gravitation. When
business began to revive a few months
ago, and there was a reasonable prospect of
a steadily increasing demand for tho’prod-
ucts of our furnaces, factories and mills,
and fair profits to capitalists, an insane de
sire was developed to multiply prices and
profits extravagantly. The iron men anil
the printing paper men were the earliest
to advance to speculative and oppressive
prices, and the first are now reaping a
speedy harvest of retribution, and the last
will closely follow them in realizing meas
ure for measure.
The iron men had the most Inviting
field before them. The demand for iron
was no sudden or temporary call for the
products of our furnaces and mills. The
steady wear of five years had to he largely
restored to our railways, to machinery
and to all the eountless channels in which
iron is employed, and and all that the iron
men had to do Was to pursue the even
tenor of their way and enjoy the legiti
mate and permanent profits offered them.
They had a certainty in the market for
the future, and they had only to avoid the
folly of killing the goose that dropped the
golden eggs, to assure a long season of
prosperity.
But they were ijot content with legiti
mate returns for their investments. They
stimulated a grand boom in iron and thus
rekindled almost every furnace hearth
and bred discontent with labor. Strikes
multiplied, extravagant wages had to be
concededpandnoW, after a few months of
unhealthy prices, the boom has collapsed,
and there is a general depression and des
pondency in the trade. The increased
price of labor and ores .cannot be sum
marily reduced, and a number of our
largest mills have come down, to half
work.
It is the old, familiar story of sacrificing
the substance to shadows, and now the
iron men must waste their foolishly en
larged profits, confront fresh troubles
with labor, and go back to get an’honest
start on a legitimate basis. ' They have
chilled the generous inclination to con
sume iron this year by the sudden increase
of prices, and they inust now he conteut
with a more cautious demand for months
to come.
Our contemporaiy might have added
that but for the baleful effect of the pres
ent high protective tariff, this disastrous
boom in iron might have been prevented
by importations from abroad. But the
committee on Ways and Means has been
stocked totSpeaker Randall, that not
upon the question could
re the present Congress.
e Exodus Iniquity;
From a Washington special to the
World, we quote the following additional
evidence before the Congressional Exodns
committee, which will go far to counteract
the sensational twaddle of some of tlie
‘put up” witnesses who had previously
testified: c. .u.:.
Washington, April 10.—Before the
Exodus committee to-day W. P. Ford, a
Shreveport cotton factor, testified that
there Was plenty of' work for negroes in
that neighborhood at from $12 to $15 a
month, with hoard and -lodging. He had
been told by many negroes that they were
induced to emigrate by a desire to better
their condition, socially and politically,by
id-suasions of their political leaders and
jy means of circulars distributed among
them. He had never been told that they
tel)Jw:anso,qf.Beree,qutiom He had been
James Butler. (coloreu;r“d£‘'Uunrreport,-
testified that he owned twelve or thirteen
lots in Shreveport, and considerable per
sonal property. He voted the Republican
ticket and had had no trouble, except
that in 1872 the negroes were advised that
there would be troublfe if they voted, and
they refrained. With this exception lie
had always voted as he pleased. Colored
schools were well kept up. Any colored
man could earn enough in fifteen years to
buyjiiniself a home and he independent.
Judge J.J3. Sears, of. Ottawa, Kan.,
testified that the negroes latterly coming
to Kansas were paupers, and the people of
Kansas heartily disliked to see them
come.
W. P. Fleming, a Shreveport- druggist
testified that the negroes could get plenty
of work in that neighborhood. There was
more moral than'physical intimidation.
The negroes felt dissatisfied because the
State government had got into Democrat
ic hands, but their ideas were very vague.
J. H.: Gilliland, city editor of. the
Shreveport Times, testified that the whites
and blacks in his neighborhood were on
friendly terms. In 1878 District Attorney
Leonard advised the negroes to leave the
polls, as there was no chance of their get
ting a fair vote, probably for the purpose
of contesting tne clecHon. •
Db. Talmage.—The pastor of the
Brooklyn Tabernabkrhas -reached home
again, and last Sunday before commenc-
ing-his discourse said ! •' 1
I- tbank the contributors -from every
State in the Union for their donations to
ward the payment of the • Tabernacle
debt. ‘ If my call for $1 fr-m each of my
friends the world over, 'does not finally
succeed, it will be through their procrastfe
nation. As near as I can tell .there are
60,000 people, who, some lime or other,
Will contribute a dollar.”’ He also said
that on next Sunday he would preach
national sermon on his recent Southern
observations. .
The Doctor made many friends daring
his late lecturing tour, at the Sooth!
The turnrcoat Mosby hasbeenin
danger lately of losing favor at the White
House. But recently Mr. Hayes baa
growhmore placable, and stated in
being enlarged to suit Mr. Hayes’ new dl- f conversation with reference to the rumbn
UViuy oi TUVmsKit’c ramnva flint hA ll&l
mensions, and to store away the accumu
lations of a four years term of office. As
a gift-taker he has not been a success,
however. -
of Ccilonel Mosby’s removal, that he has
no intention of disturbing Mosby, notwith
standing that he thinks Mosby has written
almost too many letters.
One Man’s • Life. — The dangerous
sickness of Senator Grover, of Oregon,
awakens serious apprehensions in the
minds of many. If he should die, the Or
egon ‘Legislature,/which is now Republi
can; would most certainly elect a Repub
lican in his place.’ Then the United
States Senate after the fouitli of March
next would stand Democrats thirty-eight,
Republicans thirty-eight. The • President
of the Senate would have the casting vpte
and'determine all political measures. It
is hoped that Senator Grover will not
iiiCi
—»■—
Tlie Utica Observer says; It is painiulto
think that in a few months the Southern
States, now so peaceful and contented,
will be pictured as convulsed by the crack
of musketry, and the shrieks, of slaugh
tered women and infants, and illumined
by the glare of burning cabins.
The Northern heart must be fired, and
this is the'only means % which that end
can he reached. The imaginary;woes of
the down-trodden negro are the- only-
means that will open the pnrses of the
Stalwarts. And this must be done to in
sure! success' in the approaching eara-
flalgtn -uci. - ; ;
Plucky,to the Last.—iGu yesterday
Otero,the would-be murderer of young Al
fonso, of Spain, was executed,; . The other
day when brought in before the judges to
hear’,his.sentence, he displayed wonderful
nerve, signing a copy of his sentence with
a firm. hand. As they carried him through
.the; streets, heavily, ironed and bareheaded,
h“ gsve.no sign of: fear.or quaking, and
although pale, was composed and seem
ingly resigned to his fate. He refused all
offers of advice or consolation from the
priests. • >. • ■ ■ : f
AGreat Di»c«veiy by » CreatUaB.
Tliis, primarily, is what 'Warner’s Safe
Nervine is. The great'man is^me of the
most famous living physicians'.. He found
a harmless remedy 1 for all kinds of pain,
others improved it, and thermal result is,
the Safe Nervine now manufactured only
by It EL garner &jGg.
ited the White , Sulphur Springs of Vir
ginia, and . trying innumerable so-called
“remedies” of the day. Having resided
hereTor forty-seven years, my fjfends will
be glad to see this statement. The dis
coverer is, indeed, a public benefactor.
Wm. H. Patterson,
1,481 Wabash avenue, near Twenty-ninth
' street. aprl4-lw
Will the Mild Winter Cause a Sick
ly Summer!
The almost unprecedented absence of
severe cold' during the past winter, and
the long protracted spells of. weather ap
proaching in temperature the summer sol
stice, have awakened many forebodings
that the season before ns will be noted for
its insalubrity and abounding .malaria.
This is the received popular opinion, hut
not sustained by the logic of facts.
The writer was reared in a region where,
save on the immediate seacoast and in the
pine barrens, removed some fifteen or
twenty miles, not even the Pontine marsh
es of Italy were more unhealthy. In that
climate, those who ventured to remain af
ter June upon the plantations situated
among the swamps and in the deltas of
the sluggish streams of brackish water
which slowly debouched into the arms
and inlet3 of the sea, did so at the immi
nent peril of their lives.
A freshly imported Yankee from New
England usually stood it pretty well the
first summer, because sustained by a good
constitution and vigorous health. The
second season, however, he became a prey
to malarial fevers and grew weak and ca
daverous. The third, alas, proved too of
ten fatal. Few-indeed were the instances
of acclimation even among the natives
who essayed to tarry all the year round
iix that moist atmosphere, laden with the
noxious exhalations of oozy morasses, and
infested with myriads of mosquitoes.
In the early settlement of the country,
before the inhabitants learned the neces
sity of migrating every summer to the sea
side or the pine covered hills of the inte
rior, the tomb stones in old Midway
Chusch yard told the sad story that few,
very few, attained even to the age of for
ty years.
The first frosts of Autumn in those
times were eagerly looked forward to and
welcomed as the certain termination of
the malarial reign on the plantations, and
affording the sigual for the denizens of
the “summer resorts” to hie them again,
to their comfortable homes, where hospi
tality was dispensed with Baronial profu-
sion. n
But just here, we wish to state as a fact,
that after the prevalence of settled cool
weather, when the turbid water of the
ponds and swamps had deposited its
sediment and impurities, and the tropi-.
cal vegetation was gradually declining,
not unfrequently the impatient planters
did not wait for frost, hut returned to
their homes early in October. And this
was usually done with impunity. In
deed, we have seen cotton blossoms at
Christmas in these sickly localities, and
yet, fortified by the cool weather’of the
season the inhabitants enjoyed perfect
health. Now, then, we would point our
argument. If this was true in exception
ally malarial districts, why should not
the frequent recurrence offrostwithl a few
spells of real cold weather the past win
ter be sufficient to assure the health of
the whole country, despite the unusual
mildness of the season ? JWe have,
therefore, no fears whatever on the sub
ject. ..
The worst thqt is to be apprehended is the
debility that may ensue from a protracted
—-—there that we shall exnerience
such a season? Cemumj- the late re
peated frosts and present cool weather do
not betoken any such climatic results.
On the contrary, Nature, in her endeavors
to restore the equilibrium of the seasons
will very probably send us an unusually
cool summer. -We repeat, therefore, that
there is no good cause to apprehend a
sickly summer merely because the winter
has been so mild. Germain to these re
marks, we quoth the following from the
Memphis Avalanche: -m, . ■*>’
The oldest inhabitant says his, experi
ence proves that mild winters are. not fol
lowed by sickly summers. But quite the
revorse, that sickly summers follow win
ters 1 of unusual coldness. On this point,
however, some doctors differ. But as
doctors always do differ on some points,
their conclusions, or some of them, arc
not of so much value as they might be.
The Cincinnati doctors have been dis
cussing the probable effect of.the mild
winter, and of course they. differ. Some
of them predict aii epidemical summer on
account of the mild winter, while others
ridicule the idea that an opeh winter
would be necessarily followed by a sickly
summer. Dr. Mussey.said the climatic
conditions had no'offect on health. Every
thing depended on the meteorological
condition of the atmosphere, which he ex
plained as follows:' .
When the barometer is falling,, the vi
tality of people, sick and well, is'also fell
ing, and the reverse is the case wheii the
barometer is rising, and far that reason 1
always perform my surgical operations, if
possible, when the,. barometer .shows a
rising tendency, and never while it is de
clining. Of course, there are times : When
the rule cannot be observed. The whole
human system of vitality is a nerve bat- 1
tery. The, brain is the battery, and_ the
nerves the wires which conduct the vitali
ty through the body. This battery ebbs
and flows like the tide; '-getting 'stronger
from morning till afternoon, and getting
weaker as the night passes* reaching the
extreme ebb in the small hours after mid
night. It is during this period—from
midnight tilL3 o’clock in the. morning—
that so large a per cent, of deaths occur.
It is this period which, with sinking pa
tients, is knotfn as the crisis. Doctors
say that, if the patient passes the crisis,
lie or she will havea good chance to re
cover. That means, that if they can sur
vive, the ebb of the vitality battery, mid
strike tlie flow, they are likely to rally and
'AV - .I'
The Two-Third# Rule Will not be
Rescinded. ', ‘
Personal;,—We had the pleasure on
Wednesday of a call from Mr. James W.
. | Stanford, who is an enterprising druggist
i It seems plainly evident that the two- , of Cuthbert, and dealer in the best scup-
Biirds rule, which in national politics has j pernong wine by the barrel. This gentle-
worked so well, will be continued in force man is a self-made man, and began life as
by the Cincinnati Convention. So far, all
of the Democratic State Conventions have
pronounced against its repeal.
The recommendation to rescind the rale
which was proposed in the last National
Convention, says the Nashville American,
arose chiefly on account of the attitude of
Tammany, and it was argued that an ob
stinate minority might'prove an obstacle,
under the two-thirds rule, to the nomina
tion of the most available man. This is
probably true if the opinions of the friends
iff a candidate are to establish his availa
bility; bat, as a practical question, it may
well he doubted whether a man is availa
ble who is resisted by one-third of a repre
sentative Convention'.
Politics is at last a practical matter
where all depends on success. It may be
the opinion of almost two-thirds of a par
ty audits convention, that some particular
man is by far the best means to the end,
to-wit; the triumph of principles, and yet if
he cannot succeed in the election it makes
no difference what his qualifications are,
or how well lie may discharge the duties
of an office he cannot obtain. It matters
not why he cannot reach the place, wheth
er it be through obstinacy or through
well-grounded objections, practical men
in politics vfoll deal simply with the facts
as they are, with the full knowledge that,
in popular government,, there are hun
dreds of men always equal to the emer
gency, if oply they can be found.
The reference of the subject to the State
Convention grew out of the preliminary
struggle in St. Louis, and of the Tam
many opposition to Mr. Tilden. It was
proposed at one time to adopt the majori
ty rule, but that was deemed unadvisable.
and so contrary to precedent that it would
be unwise, if strictly lawful. It was sug
gested that the State Conventions were
thfe only power that could properly make
the change, and no serious attempt was
made to adopt the majority rule. The
resolution wa3 proposed by the majority
which had nominated Mr. Tilden, and the
subject referred to the State' Conventions
by a close division, the vote being, on the
motion to lay on the table, 358 for aDd
378 against.
“Tilden to Come Down.”
This is .the heading of a Philadelphia
dispatch from "Washington yesterday,
stating that Mr. Tilden has written a let
ter to be read before the. New York Dem
ocratic Convention ab-Syracuse, with
drawing his name- frem. the -Presidential
canvass. Tlie reason assigned is ill health.
The country will look forward with
feverish anxiety to the verification of this
announcement. We are disposed to think
the report hot destitute of foundation.
Mr. Tilden is by far too sagacious and far-
seeing not to read the hand-writing on the
wall, which proclaims so unmistakably,
that he cannot hope to be again the nom
inee of the Democratic party. Our old
statesman has already enjoyed the high
honor of being the unquestionable choice
t)i*.neoule as the chief magistrate of the
nation; and it would be the very imper-
when in thV“sear''atof n <i?h..hia laurels
life,” and enfeebled in body, by again
seeking the Presidency, with a prospect of
failure before him.
If there was the least prospect of suc
cess, so great is the ambition and so fer
tile of resources is this. wonderful man,
that we doubt not that lie would come to
the front and contest every inch of ground
at Cincinnati. Nor will it be certain that
he will not do so until, under his own
sign manual, we read that he is no longer
before the people a3 a. • candidate. In that
event a most formidable obstacle to the
triumph of the Democracy will be remov
ed. Then may it be Reasonably hoped
that the feuds of Tammany and anti-
Tammany will be compbsed, and the De
mocrats of the great State of New York,
once more, wheel into line as a unit.
With the happening of this auspicious ad
justment of private differences and local
diyifidns In the Empfre State, and a prop
er degree of 1 han&ony and patriotism in
tlie National Democratic wigwam at
Cincinnati, it may be confidently expect-
ed that victory will perch' upon YheJDe-
mocraticbanners next November.. Then,:
forewarned forearmed, the Supreme
Cotfrt will never bo trarfifeHned into an
other High Commission; (so calKd,) to de
feat the fairly expressed will of the peo-
fW-rnwi*****
an apprentice in the office of the Cuthbert
Appeal. Gradually, by the force of his
industry and integrity, he worked himself
upward, and in the drug store of Dr. T.
S. Powell became a skillful apothecary.
At this time he is the proprietor of a neat
drug establishment of his own, and is
greatly respected in Cuthbert. Mr. Stan
ford, at the recent convention of the Phar
maceutical association of the State, was
appointed to deliver the annual address at
the next meeting of the association, which
will be held in Columbus. He will per
form that duty gracefully and well.
- Another Alleged Important Rail
road Enterprise.—A Chicago dispatch
says the Chicago, St. Louis and New Or
leans Railroad proposes to make common
cause with the Cincinnati: Southern—the
former to build a line from Jackson,
Tennessee, to Nashville, and the Cincin
nati Southern to build a line from Knox
ville to Nashville. Such a line would
enable the Chicego, St. Louis and New
Orleans to maintain the business enjoyed
heretofore, and-woujd make it, as well as
the .Cincinnati Southern, entirely inde
pendent of the Louisville and Nashville
combination.
The scheme is only under advisement,
nothing yet having been definitely decided
upon.
Congressional Courtesies. —- Con
gress, which has b?en unusually dull and
stupid during the ‘ last three or four
months, is beginning to arouse'itself from
its lethargy and become alive to the obli
gations it owes the country. A few days
ago one honorable member attempted to
fasten the charge of bribery and corrup
tion upon an equally honorable andlllus-
trious colleague; and yesterday a distin
guished statesman from the great North
west, with the vigor bom of the prairies,
repeatedly denounced a meek und modest
member from the East as a “liar.” Con
sidering that the spring has only just
opened, and that we have not had more
than a mere suggestion of warm weather,
this is an exceedingly promising begin
ning. By the middle of June, wfren the
heat of.the sun and the caloric of the po
litical campaign shall have fairly set.in,
lively times may be expected in the House
of Representatives'. Indeed, it isnotjm-
probabLe that the ancient glory of the his
toric Bladensburg will ,be, revived. The
spring outlook for Congressional funerals
is excellent, and it is scarcely surprising
that the coffin makers are striking for
higher'wages.—jy. Y. Hprald.
A Man of Ability.
John Forrester was very ' correctly
named, for, until a few days ago, he' had
spent his life in the woods. Sever#! days
ago he threw a ide his maul, came to the
city, and now handles the. somewhat
lighter rock hammer. The story of John’s
downfall shall be briefly related. Short
ly after arriving in the city he was attrac
ted by a sigh bearing the inscription,
“Meals at all Hours.” Entering the
place and meeting the proprietor, he
said: - •
“You keep a tavern here, don’t you?”_
“No. I keep a restaurant.”
“I don’t know much about your new
names; but you feed folks here, don’t
you?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, I want to board here three days,
or I reckon until I get a job of some kind.
I sea your sign says ‘meals at alFh6ufs. T
three days for $3.
“And give me'my meals at all hours?”
“Yes; sir.”
“Here, take the $3. I never set myself
up as a regular eater, but I’ll buck agin
you for the n4xf ’ threedays. I think that
I cAn stand her about that long.’ It’S 11
o'clock. Give me something to eat.”
A meal was brought out and quickly
dispatched; and remarking that he would
be back on time, Mr. Forrester left.
At 12 o’clock he came back'ahd ate again. 1
“You needn’t stare at me,” he said to one
-of the waiters. ; , . -
“You. are a regular boarder, are you?
“The regularest one you’ve got. I don't
intend to miss a meal.- Tve got a chance
now to git even for bein’ hongry ■ many a
time.” 'o.’i •
At T o’clock John came back and re
marked as he hung' Up his hat: “I’m on
time. It’s 1 o’clock. Fetch me suthin to
eat.” The waiter went away muttering,
and brought in a rather slim meal.
“Lock a here,” said John, “dou't try to
go back on youir contract.' I reckon you
did rather underrate my ability, but I’m a
man.” ..- . *•" “ ,J
At 2 o’clock John came, back and took
_ seat. * The proprietor came in and ask
ed him what he wanted.
“I want my dinner, supper or breakfast;
just as you are a mind to call it.” . -j
-“You have already eaten, here thrqq
times to-day.” . . _ - , i si -T
“I know that.” 1
“Why do you come again?”' £
“Because it’s 2 o'clock.”
“It is not supper time.”
“No, hut it’s 2 b’clQCk tune.”
“I don’t understand you, sir. ' What do
Prince GortschakofF.
Prince Gortschakofl’s illness, reported
in the Herald as a severe catarrh which
somewhat impeded respiration, has sud
denly taken a bad turn, and we now learn
by our special dispatch from Russia that
this veteran of thediplomaticservice is on
his deathbed. He is eighty-two years old,
and it must be said that the chances of re
covery for a man of that age affected with
an inflammatory disease of the respiratory
organs are slight in any climate, while in
St. Petersburg in spring such a case may
be regarded as hopeless. For a quarter of
a century the name of this distinguished
man has been one of the most
conspicuous in European politics. In
deed, considering his great age, hia early
advent in diplomacy, and his character as
related to the time when princes were
men of genius, and figured at the head of
great concerns with at least as much suc
cess as common men, he might be re
garded as related to the past lather than
to the present history of European diplo
macy; but his connection with the great
events and conventions upon which are
based the acturtl relations of Russia to the
nations of Western Europe, will matte the
record of bis life a chronicle of all that is
remarkable in the exterior concerns of
contemporary Russian history.
Gortachakoff succeeded Nesselrode as
the head of the Russian Foreign Office,
and thus only one life intervenes between
our own time and that period when Mus
covite diplomats were concerned with
others in reorganizing Europe after the
suppression of Napoleon; but it is not a
short life, and it is an evidence that the
responsibilities and anxieties of a great
diplomatic position are not inconsistent
with longevity when we see the man who
began his career in the suite ot Nessel-.
rode at Laybach alive to oppose the
sdiemes of domineering Bismarck at the
Congress of Berlin. It is to the honor of
the Russian Emperor and an unusual fact
that the trusted and tried minister of the
father was continued in his great position
by the son, more anxious that his admin
istration should have the benefit of great
experienoe than that his own crude fan
cies should be felt in the history of his
country. If the internal affairs pf Russia
had been directed as well in the last
twenty years as the foreign affairs were,
the nation would not now be consumed
by tbe fires of a smothered revolution.—*
N. Y. Herald.
The California Legislature can always
be depended upon for a fresh sensation.
It has now under consideration a bill to
prohibit fishing by anybody except a citi
zen, and tbe senators were gravely con
sidering the other day whether such.a
measure was in contravention of the Four
teenth Amendment. Of course, it is
aimed at the Chinese, but its supporters
seem to believe that they have avoided
unconstitutional discriminations by mak
ing it apply to.all aliens. It seems to
have escaped their notice that the chief
sufferers by.such .a restriction would be,
first, the consumers of fish, and second,
the boys. Under this bill no boy could
go!a-fishing—even on school holidays and _
with the consent of his mother.
T)l6 Auiiuttl Fireman S Parade. ^ “Yqut: understanding may have been
The Change,—The weather pn.yes-
terday was exceedingly - pleasant as to
temperature.- The few cold ■ days- of, the
earlier part of the week enahlefi our peo
ple to appreciate the change. But -we
fearsome of them have ; acted very fool
ishly. The spring changes are the most
dangerous, and have been the cause; of
innumerable diseases, ..There are some
people who, the moment the mercury
goes up a little,. immediately, throw off
their flannels aud let the fire go out in
the grate, because for the moment they
feel uncomfortably warm. Several per
sons we know of - did this ten days ago,
and suffered the penalty. Sitting , in a.
cold room, or a slight change of raiment,
may result in diphtheria or rheumatism,
and not unfrequently it has been known
to bring on spinal- meningitis. A little
care and precaution is worth a hundred
demijohns of rock-and-rye. The first of
May will be time enough for such change
oi clothing and putting up fire screens.
B. H. Warner A Co:, Rochester, N. Y.: ville, South. Carolina, have suffered r*r
Gentlemen—I hare used^Wamerfe Safe cently by several fires, burning up a great
K rportion of the town. Several negroes
ever iSed**that I can reLmm^fd to my were arrested and have bad a tri#l, and on
friends, as it has cured me' of Bright's yesterday ' were convicted of both arson
Disease oflong standing, after havh^vjs* ^ murder, aud sentence^ to be bung.
>»U;
A CARD.
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infUtsro'foes «f jootb, narroua weak near, earb
daeaj. ’»• of n»i ho^, ete .I will rend a wipe
fSwill rare yoo. FR1# OF OH ABO#. This
B eat remedy wae discovered by a aimioeary i«
South f me rea. Send ». elf-ad drained envelope
to tbe Rev. Joseph T. Inman, Staton D, New
To* Ciij. aprlA-deoiawly
Our readers will find on the local page
of this issue all the particulars of the
splendid pageant and exciting contest of
yesterday, between the gallant firemen of
our city and their no less distinguished
guests from Augusta and Griffin. If the-
sense of the Macon fire department could
be taken, we sure they would gladly,
have accorded the prizes to their visiting
guests. But when placed upon their met
tle and called upon to contest the honors
of the day, of course that esprit du corps
which is so commendable in every organ
ization impelled them to do their best,
with the result which, has been announc
ed. But our cherished guest* received
every courtesy and attention it was possi
ble to bestow, and perhaps had the trial
of skill taken place at home, where the
excitement of a strange place would have
had no disturbing effect, tbe score might
have been very different. As it was,
there were no heart-burnings or dissatis
faction manifested by the firemen, or the
vast crowd who witnessed the contest.
Nor did we see a single drunken man, or
hear of any disturbance of the peace. All
passed off pleasantly, and it was a gala
day to the people of Macon.
It would be an act of gross injustice If,
before closing these notes, proper mention
were not made of the abounding hospital-
ty of the Hook and Ladder Company No.
1. Though not active participants in the
duties of the day, they bore their part by
providing a superabundant feast of fat
things for the guests of the city, their
comrades of the refi shirt brigade, and all
otheis who chose to partake of their boun
tiful spread. Relays of piembeix were de
tailed to do tha honora> and not one of the
hundreds of hungry guests who put in an
appearance, wept away without a plenti
ful supply of creature, comforts for tha in
ner Bum Indeed, the table fairly groaned
undet tfie load of nice things, covering all
the delicacies of the season and mat ket,
which were no sooner discussed than their
duplicates took their place.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 can
boast of some of the. meet aged and. re
spectable of our citizens in its ranks. The
organization is an honor to Macon, and
long may it live and flourish.
More Titles.—One of the objects of
the visit of the King ot Siam to the great
centres of Western civilization is declared
to be his desire to decorate Queen Victo
ria with the Order of the White Elephant,
one of tbe most venerable insignia of
rank that is known. Of course when the
King learns that- the masquerade mon*
arch, Bex of New Orleans, has conferred
upon ex-President Grant the title of
“Duke of America” he will be ready to
bestow the Order of tlie Elephant upon
his late visitor also. This will be highly
appreciated in this country, where, on
several occasions, the people have seemed
to look upon General Grant as an elephant
on their hands.
The World’s Cotton-Spinning Indus
try.
The cotton-spinning industry, one of
the great industries of the world, is'con-
(jngaljv increasing, especially in this
turns, 71,250,000, dpmtfctf M.jwindlea
30,500,000. Switzerland has, contrary to
general opinion, more spindles propor
tionally to its population, than auy other •
Continental state, ranking in Europe im
mediately after England.
The United States have 10,0o0,000 spin
dles; France-has 5,000,000; Germany 4,-
S00,000; Russia, 2,800,000; Switzerland 1,-
87&000; Austria, 1,800,000; Spain, 1 ) '?75 ) -
000; Sweden and Norway, 310,000; Hoi-
land, 230,000; Greece, 30,000; and other
countries, (including Denmark and Port
ugal,) 44,090. Britain has, to every 1,-
000 of its inhabitants, 1,180 spindles;
Switzerland, 675; United States, 218;
France, 135; Germany, 108; Spain, 103;
Holland 57; Sweden and Norway, 48; Aus
tria, 42; Russia, 30; Italy 29.
Fall-jtiver is by large odds the greatest
cotton spinning centre in the Republic.
It now has 1,364,171 spindles aud 82,621
looms; uses 162,475 bales of cotton annu
ally, and manufactures, every year about.
400t000,000 yards of cloth. All of its 50
mills are now very prosperous, and pro
ducing each week 150,000 pieces of print
ing-cloths,, not to speak - of sheetings, sile-
sias^ fine white goods, fancy cottons, etc.
Their, operatives number near 16,000, and
the jweekl’y pay-roll reaches some $400.-
000: The corporations have suffered much
from dull-times, dishonest treasurers, and
other causes, but they have come bravely
out of th’eir .troubles, and their future
looks radiant.
injured by my surprising ability. I came
here with t)ie understanding that I was to
have my meals at’All horirs.”
: J «*The contract hss been adhered to; you
have come irregularly.”
.“No, sir; I’ve ,come here regular. It
was the agreement that I was to have a
meal • every hour, and I am going to 1 stand
up to it if it packs my stomach as tight M
a green watermelon. You are trying to
impose on me because I’m from the
country. I have made arrangements with
a boy to wake me up every hour - to-night,
and Pin coming here to eirt. That’s my
business now, and I’ll aef fair with; you
and eat every time. Give me an eyster,
can of coffee and some ball sassage.”
The proprietor handed the man $3 and
requested him to leave. A fight ensued,
and John was led #wey by the police.
When he completes his rpek pile' engage
ment he will sue the restaurant for dam
ages.—Little Rock Gazette.
'
Tine English pilgrimage to convey the
banner of St.' George to the basilica of
Our Lady of Lourdes will leave England
for Lourdes early in June. About nitre
days will be occupied going and returning.
Cardinal Manning will placp himself at
the head of the pilgrimage. Four hun
dred noblemen r.nd gentry of the United
Kingdom have already sent in their names
to Cardinal Manning’s secretary as desir
ous to join the pilgrimage. It is expected
to he to most noteworthy movement of the
kind witnessed in England since the Ref
ormation. ' ■ !: ■_ _■
The Wind and Dust!—The Good
Book tells us that We are' dust, and that
unto dust we must inevitably return
But the average individual does not long
for that time to come. Nevertheless on
yesterday the wind thought the time had
come for the people of Macon, and sent
the puiverized claj and sand into the eyes,
th8 ears, the mouth arid the hair of every
passerby, and laid tlie foundation of
counts, colds and running noses. It also
penetrated the elbthtng and sifted the
dust through tbe finest fabrics, and cov
ered the flash of the most carefully pro
tected. The streets were pronged with
people and passrng vehicles, apd tbe duat
a an all is issira jHriw* rfri i B ■ tine *
became an all pervading fliaisafiee! The
amount ot soap and water essential 1 to a
proper cleansing would be bard to com
pute,
—Sir Evelyn Wood is preparing a sur
prise for the Empress Eugenie in Zulu-
land by planting grafts from the St-
Helena willow on thekspot where Prince
LouisfNapo'leon fell. So, at least, a Paris
newspaper says.
Has the Senate the Right to Origi
nate Appropriation Bills!
AWashington correspondent of the Bos
ton : Herald says: For several weeks the
Horae Judiciary Committee has been con
sidering the vexed question of tbe right of
'the Senate to originate appropriation bills.
This question lias often been raised be
fore, but a decision has never been made
»u which both Houses would concur. Per
haps the most available instance in
which the matter was brought to
an issue between the two Houses
was in 1857, when; during the long
contest over the Speakership, which re
sulted in. the election: of Banks, the
House was for so many months unorgan
ized! At that time the Senate passed
various bills appropriating money, which
the House, when it organized, refused to
consider, asserting that the House—and
the Honse alone—had the right to orig
inate money bills, and adopted similar
bills, which they sent to the Senate for
concurrence. At that time" the contested
right was debated earnestly in both
houses, and tbe Senate by a largo ma
jority, both of Republicans and Demo
crats, affirmed then that the pawer of
appropriation resided alike in either
house. The question arises now upon a
bill Appropriating a small sum for a pub
lic building, which originated in the Sen
ate, and upon its arrival in the House was
referred to tbe Judiciary Committee for an
opinion. A large majority of the commit
tee believe that the Senate has the right,
under the Constitution, to originate ap
propriation bills, and they will so report.
The whole question turns upon the con
struction given the words “revenue bills,”
that provision of the constitution giving
the House power to originate various
kinds of legislation. The majority hold
that a revenue bill is one providing for
the imposition or collection of taxes.
They cite one powerful argument in sup
port of this view, the fact that in the Con
stitutional Convention, the proposition to
insert the words “and appro
priation bills” Jwas defeated. If
the framers of the Constitution, say
they, had intended appropriation bills to
originate alone in the house they would
hare inserted the omitted wards. This
is the position advanced . by the Senate,
especially by Mr, R. M. J. Hunter, of
Virginia, who prepared an elaborate re
port upon the sublegt in 1857- The mi
nority bold that to* powers of tbe House
of Representatives are analagous to those,
of the House of Commons; that the word*
“revenue bills” are understood in Eng
land to mean both revenue and appropri
ation hills. As all appropriation bill#
originate in England in the House of
Commons, and . as they have hitherto
originated under our practice, in the House
of Representatives, the attempt on'the
part of tbe Senate to originate them is an.
unwarranted innovation and a usurpation,
of the recognised rights of the House*
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